Our Staff
meet our staff
Jonathan Ribnick - Security Manager
Jonathan is a graduate of the Minneapolis Jewish Day School and the Twin Cities Jewish Middle School. He will graduate from St. Louis Park High School in 2011. He is currently a teacher in the TaRBuT Program at Beth El Synagogue. Jonathan established a Genesis Mitzvah Fund after his Bar Mitzvah. He attends Camp Ramah in Wisconsin and plays tennis for the Saint Louis Park High School varsity team. Jonathan is an active member in Beth El United Synagogue Youth. He is currently serving as the Communications Secretary on the executive board. He is also an active member of Jewish Studies Club and Quiz bowl at Saint Louis Park High School.
Danielle Fink - Chaperone
Danielle graduated from the Minneapolis Jewish Day School and Hopkins North Jr. High School. She is currently attending Hopkins High School as a sophomore. She will graduate in 2011. Danielle has gone to Camp Ramah in Wisconsin for the last two years. She is a teacher at TaRBuT program at Beth El Synagogue. She is taking CIS and confirmation at the Talmud Torah of Minneapolis. Danielle is also on the JV tennis team at Hopkins High School. Danielle is an active member of BBYO. Danielle has also been volunteering at a battered women's shelter for the past year.
Matan Appelbaum- Chaperone
Matan is a graduate of the Minneapolis Jewish Day School and the Twin Cities Jewish Middle School. He will graduate from St. Louis Park High School in 2011. he is currently a teacher in the TaRBuT Program at Beth El Synagogue. Matan attends Camp Ramah in Wisconsin and is and active member in Beth El United Synagogue Youth. He attends the University of Minesota for his advanced studies in mathamatics. He is currently on the Math and Tennis team at Saint Louis Park High School. Matan also participates in Jewish Studies Club.
David Ribnick - Security Manager
David is a graduate of the Minneapolis Jewish Day School, Twin Cities Jewish Middle School and St. Louis Park High School. This year he is attending the gap year program, Nativ College Program in Israel, and will be attending Brandeis in the fall of 2009. He was a co-founder of Mitzvah Bouncer. David was an advanced Bar Mitzvah student and set up a Genesis Mitzvah Fund in honor of his Bar Mitzvah. He furthered his participation in the TaRBuT program as a tester at Beth El Synagogue. He has co-chaired the Beth El USY Purim Carnival for several years including 2008. David was also the 2007-2008 Treasurer of Beth El USY. He also attended Camp Ramah in Wisconsin and attended the Ramah Israel Poland Seminar in the summer of 2007. He will be a Senior Counselor this summer at Camp Ramah. He has experience in the field, working as a Party Chaperone for Celebration Security as well as working at countless simchas with Mitzvah Bouncers.
Ben Segal - Security Manager
Ben is also a graduate of the Minneapolis Jewish Day School and the Twin Cities Jewish Middle School. He will graduate from St. Louis Park High School in 2008. Ben is currently attending Northwestern University and will graduate in 2012. He is a co-founder of Mitzvah Bouncers. He is a prayer tutor in the Saturday Morning Program at Adath Jeshurun and an member of Adath USY. He was a Staff in Training at Camp Chi in the summer of 2006. Ben attended the Jewish Youth Founders Conference in Denver in 2006, was a member of Youth Advisory Board in 2005 and has had a Genesis Mitzvah Fund since his Bar Mitzvah. Ben was an All-Conference swimmer, the captain of the St. Louis Park Math Team and a writer for the Echowan (his schools yearbook). He has experience in the field, working as a Party Chaperone for Celebration Security, he babysits and is a certified lifeguard as well as working at countless simchas with Mitzvah Bouncers.